Teenager jailed for 18 months still in prison 18 years later

Re:Teenager jailed for 18 months still in prison 18 years later by wkat4242 on Monday September 23, 2024 @01:58AM (#41622715)

It's a lot less mentally stressful to get a lower paycheck due to some white collar criminal's fraud than it is to get violently robbed for $20 or burgled, raped etc. Some of these crimes aren't even about money but destroy lives.

So I think it's definitely with reason that violent crimes are receiving heavier sentences.

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Re:Teenager jailed for 18 months still in prison 18 years later by underlipton on Monday September 23, 2024 @10:57AM (#41626855)

Getting mugged or held-up are very different things from being raped, particularly for something like $20, and it's a problem that you and others conflate them as if they aren't.

As for the relative stress of high-value white collar crime versus low-value "violent" (I put that in quotes because many of these crimes only involve threats, and sometimes even no contact between parties, e.g., pick-pocketing)... Yes, it sucks to feel violated or to be injured. That's on a completely different level from the all-encompassing, debilitating effects on one's life that not being able to pay for food or medical treatment, or getting kicked out of your home, or living in a culture of hopelessness that actually encourages violent crime, has. All are effects of the unfettered economic corruption in this country. White-collar crime is WAY worse, and further, fixing it often goes a long way towards ALSO fixing violent crime.

Again: priorities.

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